Shari'ah is the future for Britain
09-02-2008
Britain under Islam Conference,
Saturday 9th February 2008, 6pm - 7:30pm, Venue: Harmony Hall, Truro Road,
Walthamstow, E17 7BY, Speaker: Anjem Choudary, Judge of the Shari’ah Court of
the UK and Principal Lecturer at the London School of Shari’ah.
Press Release Dated 8th February 2008
Following the archbishop of Canterbury’s comments yesterday that some elements
of Shari’ah seem unavoidable there has been a barrage of attacks against any
concept of Shari’ah ever being introduced on the shores of Britain by some and a
compromising position being taken by others who have suggested that with checks
and balances and as long as British law and values remained paramount then
perhaps they might consider Shari’ah law in family matters for example.
Let us be absolutely clear about this. Islam is not subject to dilution,
compromise or relegation. It is the perfect system sent to mankind from Allah (SWT)
with the last Messenger Muhammad (saw). The Shari’ah is a complete way of life
which has rulings on all matters in life from ruling, social and economic
relations and even on how the foreign policy should be formulated. There is no
room whatsoever for even one law not to based upon the divine text of the Qur’an
and the traditions (Hadeeth) of the Messenger Muhammad (saw). For any Muslim to
even suggest that the Shari’ah should not be implemented in its entirety is an
act of apostasy. The Messenger Muhammad (saw) said clearly that Islam is
superior and will never be surpassed.
The idea of non-Muslims offering to implement aspects of Islamic law is not a
new phenomenon however. Even in the lifetime of the Prophet the Quraish of
Mecca, who were polytheists, offered to mix their own non-Islamic law with the
Islamic law, in response the Messenger Muhammad (saw) said: ‘O Kaffirs
(non-Muslims) I do not worship that which you worship and nor will you worship
that which I worship, and I shall not worship that which you worship and nor
will you worship that which I worship, to you be your way of life and to me be
mine’ [Chapter 109]
In other words the two systems of secularism and Islam are diametrically
opposed, you cannot say that sovereignty and supremacy is for man on the one
hand and also that sovereignty belongs to Allah on the other. One must take
precedence, and that is Islam. Christians and secularists agree to give unto
Caesar what belongs to him and unto God what belongs to him, this is the basis
of secularism i.e. the separation of religion from life’s affairs, on the other
hand Muslims believe Caesar must be a Muslim implementing Islamic law!
Moreover Islamic jurists agree that even if Gordon Brown were to, for example
agree to cut the hand of the thief, unless he did so in response to the command
of Allah and in worship to him, it would still be considered kufr (non-Islamic)
law, for we have a principle that whatever (in non-Islamic law) agrees with
Islam is kufr and whatever disagrees with Islam is kufr.
The implementation of Islam on State level is called the concept of the Khilafah.
The Khilafah system of governance existed ever since the lifetime of Messenger
Muhammad when he established the first Islamic State in 622 CE. There was then
an unbroken chain of Islamic States for 1302 years until the destruction of the
Ottoman Khilafah in 1924. The Khilafah system is not implemented anywhere in the
world today, rather every country in the Muslim world today implements a form of
capitalism, monarchy or other form of dictatorship or secular system. Ever since
the destruction of the previous state at the hands of the British stooge Kemal
Ataturk in 1924, Muslims have witnessed the conspiracies and plots of the
Western governments and in particular the British and French, as they divided
the remnants of the Islamic State amongst themselves after the First World War.
With this in mind is it any wonder that eyebrows are raised at the mere
suggestion of the Shari’ah having any legitimacy whatsoever. Proponents of
secularism realise that once the Khilafah is established on Earth all the
corruption from which they benefit will be eradicated, this includes the
pornography and fashion industries which exploit the procreation instinct, the
consumption of drugs and alcohol which befog the mind would be illegal and
monopolising wealth or commodities and engaging in usurious transactions will
also be outlawed. In addition there would be a foreign policy of annexing other
nations under its rule leading one day to the complete domination of the world
by Islam i.e. Izhar ud-Deeen, as prophesized by the Messenger Muhammad (saw)
himself.
Hence the hatred spouted against Islam and Muslims and the constant attack
against the Khilafah system is no surprise. In fact, it would not be an
overstatement to say that the biggest nightmare that the capitalist camp could
envisage for the future of its interests in Muslim countries and indeed for its
own future is once again having to confront the might and majesty of the
Khilafah system of governance. Allah (SWT) tells us clearly in the Qur’an that:
Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you (O Muhammad Peace be
upon him ) till you follow their religion. Say: ‘Verily, the Guidance of Allâh
(i.e. Islâmic Monotheism) that is the (only) Guidance. And if you (O Muhammad
Peace be upon him ) were to follow their (Jews and Christians) desires after
what you have received of Knowledge (i.e. the Qur’ân), then you would have
against Allâh neither any Walî (protector or guardian) nor any helper [EMQ
2:120] Muslims therefore must believe that the comments of the archbishop are
designed to take them away from the true understanding of Islam and to adopt his
own religion of secularism. This is also evident in his attack against the penal
system implemented in some Muslim countries.
In conclusion, the introduction of some elements of Islam will not function
properly, for example without the social, economic and ruling justice of Islam
the penal code cannot be implemented. Rather to introduce one or two elements
may just engender hatred towards the Shari’ah as a whole, as we saw in the case
of Turabi in Sudan and also with the monarchy system in Saudi Arabia, which may
very well be the ultimate objective of Dr Rowan Williams and his ilk.
Anjem Choudary – 07956 600 569
Judge of the Shari’ah Court of the UK & Lecturer at the London School of
Shari’ah
Submitted by a Mujahid